(Author/Red: Hey guys I know what you must be thinking, 'why are there telltale's the walking dead stuff in here?'
Well...
It's kind of my way of referencing that in the show, that I add Clementine and Lee's relationship for Alita and her parents in a way.
Anyway hope you guys enjoy the chapter.)
Alita's Point of View
After dinner, we head into a room to sleep for the night, I laid down in the bed with Daryl next to me, his back facing mine.
We were free...
Laying next to each other, something I've been wishing for...
But every time that I get sleep recently...
I keep getting dreams and nightmares....
Cause I was worried and nervous about Negan and the Saviors would be banging at the gates at any moment to tear this place down to find a lot of us...
Looking for all my friends, family...
Daryl...
Me...
Nervous that Ezekiel would say no.
Turning around I face Daryl's back, I watch his breathing for a moment and I can tell he's not sleep.
I don't call or push him, I just let him lay there.
Scooting closer I wrap my arms around him and press my forehead on his back.
He doesn't respond, closing my eyes I try and to get some more sleep...
-Nightmare-
'What in the world? Where am I now?!?!?' I thought looking around.
It was the first camp that I was ever in with my family and friends before Negan and his merry band of saviors destroyed it and took people.
'Why am I back here...?' I thought looking around.
Until I heard a sound from my right and I tried to pull out a weapon, but I didn't have any on me.
'What?!?! Where is everything?!?!? Where is everyone?!?!? What is going on?!??' I thought, a bit scared, as I backed up a bit.
'Could I go into wolf form?' I thought backing up from the noise.
But soon I heard walkers...
A lot of walkers...
And chuckling...
And gun fire...
And people screaming...
'I thought I was already past the nightmares!!!' I thought as I kept hearing gun fire, screaming, chuckling, walkers.
Later everything around me was on fire...
I tried to run, but more fire stopped me from running.
"ALITA!!! ALITA!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" I heard someone scream.
'ASH?!?!? MAGGIE?!?!? CARL?!?!? RICK?!?!? MOM?!?!? DARYL?!?!? WHO'S SCREAMING?!?!? WHO'S YELLING FOR ME?' I thought worried and scared.
Really worried and scared!!
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU MONSTER!!! WHY DID YOU EVEN HELP US AGAINST THE SAVIORS?!?!? WHY DON'T YOU JUST JOIN THEM?!?!? THEY ARE MONSTERS LIKE YOU ARE!!!! LEAVE BEFORE WE KILL YOU!!! YOU ARE GOING TO DIE HERE!!! WHY DIDN'T YOY DIE IN A EXPERIMENT?!?!' I heard some one yell at me from the fire.
I looked towards who that was.
'No... No... NO!! NO!! NO!! NO!! Guys...? What did I do..? Did I do something...? What experiments...?' I thought seeing a group of what seemed to be walkers coming towards me from the fire.
"Alita...! Alita...! Come join us...!" They whispered at me.
'No...! No...! NO....! NO!! No... You guys can't be dead!!! YOU CAN'T!!!' I thought backing up.
They can't be dead they can't be!
'What happened to you...? All of you...?' I thought about to sob. About to fully break down...
"Why didn't you save us...? We could of been alive because of you..." I heard whispering from them.
'What do they mean?!?!? I AM helping them, they are still alive! Aren't they...?' I asked myself still sobbing.
'They can't be dead, right? The communities, the people in them, they are still alive!!' I thought looking up, but it was to late...
All the people I knew are dead and are on fire, about to eat me alive.
"Do it... I failed... I failed everyone... I couldn't save them... So go on... Kill me..." I whispered to myself.
'I couldn't save Glenn... I couldn't save Abraham... I couldn't help Daryl when he needed me most... ****, how could I even help or keep Daryl and I's kids safe?!?! How could I be a mother...?' I asked myself as all the walkers that were people I knew.
It tore me apart, setting me on fire as well.
'Just let me die!!!' I thought to myself as I was dying.
Wait...
White light...?
-Nightmare ends-
I woke up still next to Daryl in bed.
I think he was asleep, but I'm not really sure anymore....
I sighed, sitting up as I felt tears coming down my face.
'I know this war will cost us a lot, but it has to be down because Negan started this, he attacked first.
But was the dream the future...?
Was the nightmare the future of what we do in this war against Negan...?
Is everyone I love going to be dead...?
Am I going to be left alive, and alone...?
Is everyone going to be walkers and I'm alone...?
Who knows...?' I thought as I sighed.
Soon I laid back down and sighed again, now trying to go back to sleep, but I was shaking a bit.
I didn't want to wake up Daryl if he was already asleep, then I tried to sleep again.
I didn't want to disturb Daryl with my nightmares like how I did at the farm and the prison.
Later I started to drift off to sleep...
-Dream-
I was back in the first camp, but it wasn't on fire this time and I didn't sense or hear any one chuckling, in a bad way, whispers, or the undead.
It looked like there were people still alive walking around, talking to each other, kids playing, everyone, doing stuff.
It looked like the day that I last saw my parents before I left with Ash, Nate, and Foxy to go on that run before Negan and his Saviors destroyed it.
I looked down to see what I was wearing that day...
Then I saw my old motorcycle being worked on by my old man and my mom, who was watching him, giving him water or stuff if he needed.
I smiled seeing them alive and together, even though it was just a dream...
"Hey Maki!" My dad said looking up from what he was doing, stopping for now, with my mom looking at me smiling.
She came up to me and hugged me, I hugged back crying happily.
"Mom? Dad?" I called out and they looked at me.
"The camp. You always picked the camp." My dad told me, smiling at me as my mom let's go of me, now looking at me smiling as well again.
"I don't know... Maybe it's because this is where it all started for us. Where you guys taught me everything I know about being in the apocalypse at least." I said sighing a bit.
"You were a quick study. You took after your dad for sure." My mom tells me with my dad and I nodding.
"So, what's on your mind this time?" My dad asked me in concern with my mom looking at me with concern as well.
"Mom, dad... I'm worried, I-I'm scared... A lot of people are depending on not just me, but... We're going against the people who attacked us before... And-I don't know if I'm doing the right thing anymore." I stated, saddened with my parents looking saddened at me.
It seems like they know what I've been threw since the apocalypse started, but not really.
"Oh, we know that feeling." My dad said as my mom nodded.
"You know we were making it all up as we went along, especially since it's the apocalypse, right?" My mom asked me with both of my parents smiling at me as I looked at them.
"Couldn't let on, of course. You read us rather well. You learned everything well." My parents said to me.
"You two kind of had to think on your feet. Walkers took over the world, and you guys got stuck with me and a bunch of other people." I said sighing.
"You knew what you were doing, but we didn't 'get stuck' with anything. You always kept us going. Everyone did." They told me as I was trying to hold back tears.
Everyone around me always kept me going...
My parents...
The other people I was with...
People at the farm...
People at the prison...
People on the road...
The people at the communities...
The people with me now...
Now...
Everybody going against Negan...
Rick, Carl, Michonne, Jesus, Maggie, Sasha, Daryl, Daryl and I's kids, everyone!
"You wanna tell us about what you're up against?" My dad asked, with both of them looking at me with concern.
"We're trying to get a lot of communities together. And we've seen so many, been in so many... And something always goes wrong, but I really like all of them." I started to explain.
"It's... Just the Saviors, Negan... The person and his group that attacked us before. All of us, we are going to war with them... If it weren't for them, then... The communities can work together..." I continued.
"I'm with Maggie, Rick, Carl, Michonne, Ash, Nate, Mika, Ethan, Amy, Mark, Evelyn, Alita, Daryl... Everybody... It almost feels like home. Almost!" I stated to them.
"It's a good thing. It's hard being alone out there." My parents told me.
"But we're in trouble. Negan and the rest of the Saviors... We're going to war against them that will probably get all of us killed. I don't want to lose any more people, we lost enough people already." I stated, saddened.
"We're not worried." My parents told me.
"What?" I asked my parents in confusion.
"Whatever trouble you're in, you'll get out of it. You'll get your new family out of it before. They'll help you every step of the way." My parents told me smiling a bit.
"You don't know that." I told them still concerned.
"We know that you and them are survivors. The Alita we know is going to help the best way she could. We really believe that. Even if she's pregnant or part Wolf." My parents told me, still smiling.
"You're right. I just need to hear you guys say that." I told them smiling.
"We're all going to help each other out of this. Every one of them. We'll make it out of it alive." I stated smiling a bit.
"That's right." My parents said agreeing with what I said.
"Imagine how all of them will react when you all get out of this alive. They'll have hope again like before." My mom stated and I nodded at her.
"Maki, you are always like this before something big." My dad started.
"Remember how scared you were when you and your family were facing Shane?" He asked.
"Randall?" My mom asks.
"The Governor?" My dad asked.
"The Termites? The Walkers?" My mom asks.
"People at Grady? The Wolves? All of you survived that, did you?" My dad asks me as both parents looked at me with concern.
"That was different, there were only a few of us during those times." I stated, sighing.
"We know it's different when everyone has something to lose. But having those people you care about, that's a good thing. Friends, Family as well as a man who thinks the world of you and your kids. They're fighting beside you. Because of you and everyone's world." My mom tells me with my dad nodding at her words.
"Come see us again when everyone is safe after the war. Okay? Safe and living." My mom said.
"Sound good?" My dad asked, as my parents held hands smiling at me, I sighed.
"And hopefully we could talk about happier things. Like our future grand babies." My mom stated as both parents were smiling and chilling a bit.
"I mean what I said. Every single one of them is a fighter. We'll make it. I'm just talking myself up to it." I said as I looked at them.
"To think. When your mom cut your hair and I was talking to you, before you came we were taking some advise from family and friends. But you... You have the knack for surviving." My mom states.
"Even if we weren't there to help you, you figured out everything by yourself. Even you figured your wolf powers way better then anything I could ever teach you about them." My dad adds.
"Come to think about it, you actually taught yourself better then I could ever do." My dad stated both smiling at me.
"You helped kept those people alive. A lot of them look up to you now. You're a leader, Alita. A natural. Better than I could ever do." My dad added with my mom nodding.
"Thanks mom and dad for making me feel better when needed, even talking to me." I said looking at them as we smiled at each other.
Soon they were near my old motorcycle again and my mom looks at me.
"We meant to ask... How are you? The babies? Daryl?" My mom asked me as my dad looked up at me again.
"They seem okay. Both of you would like them. Even Daryl." I said putting a hand on my stomach as I smiled.
"I think you two would be proud of the family we're trying to grow." I said smiling a bit more.
"We'll bet. Are you and Daryl going to teach them everything you know about surviving? Even teaching them how to shoot?" My dad asked me with mom with the look of wonder on her face.
"Knowing how Daryl and I are, yeah. They'll know how to survive out there. Even know how to shoot crossbows and how to use weapons like their parents and grandparents." I said smiling.
"We guess the world is getting harder since we left it, raising the kids in the middle of the apocalypse, they'd be hard, too." My mom said to me as I nodded.
"You and Daryl are going to be in our shoes in a couple of months. Think you two got the handle on it, together?" My dad asked me.
"It can't be easy, wanting to give them a childhood, but knowing what it takes to survive now." My mom says.
"It was easy with us, the world was just changing. But for you and Daryl it has changed completely." My dad added.
"I think the kids are going to be amazing. I think you two would be proud of us. They're going to be strong, brave, capable, and stubborn." I said joking about the last part a bit as my parents chuckled as well.
"You two would be proud." I said with all joking aside.
"You mean more then we already are?" My mom asked with both of my parents smiling at me.
I looked down for a moment then ran up to my parents and hugged them, later I felt them hug back.
Soon we all heard a car honk as my parents looked up for a moment then looked back at me, to see that I was wearing the outfit that I wore when I was awake earlier that day.
(Author/ Red: The winter soldier outfit from a couple of chapters ago.)
"Wow. Just look at you. Our baby girl." My dad said as I looked back up at my parents when we let go of each other.
I was sniffling a bit and I could see my mom about to cry as well, with my dad smiling at me, side hugging her.
"Just look at you." My dad repeated with both of them looking at me.
"Thought we told you to keep that hair of yours short." My dad said as my mom shushed him.
"You don't know how hard it is to maintain an appearance in the apocalypse." I said smiling trying not to cry, like my mom was.
"Time to go, Alita." My dad stated to me with my dad going fully back to my old motorcycle with my mom following with her trying not to cry some more.
"You've got people who need you." My mom said crying and my dad having an arm around her.
"Goodbye, mom and dad." I said as everything around me turns black.
-Dream ends-
When I woke up to it still being night, I sighed and got up to see that Daryl was still sleeping, well probably not but I don't know anymore.
I looked up scratching the back of my neck as I got up and changed.
I needed time to myself before we doing anything tomorrow.
I looked back at Daryl with his chest rising and falling.
He probably is asleep this time, I went over to his side of the bed and kissed his temple.
Then I went to the door to open it quietly and I went out of the room.
After looking around the kingdom for a bit I was now in a garden here in the kingdom.
I sat down on a bench that was there and looked up at the sky.
'Mom, Dad... I hope you guys are right about this.' I thought sighing, looking up at the sky.
Then I started to sing silently-
Hoping not to wake anybody up...
Alita: "Ever since I could remember.
Everything inside of me.
Just wanted to fit in.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
I was never one for pretenders.
Everything I tried to be.
Just wouldn't settle in.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
If I told you what I was.
Would you turn your back on me?
And if I seem dangerous.
Would you be scared?
I get the feeling just because,
Everything I touch isn't dark enough.
If this problem lies in me.
I'm only a man with a candle to guide me.
I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me.
A monster, a monster.
I've turned into a monster.
A monster, a monster.
And it keeps getting stronger.
Can I clear my conscience?
If I'm different from the rest.
Do I have to run and hide?
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
I never said that I want this.
This burden came to me.
And it's made it's home inside.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
If I told you what I was.
Would you turn your back on me?
And if I seem dangerous.
Would you be scared?
I get the feeling just because,
Everything I touch isn't dark enough.
If this problem lies in me.
I'm only a man with a candle to guide me.
I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me.
A monster, a monster.
I've turned into a monster.
A monster, a monster.
And it keeps getting stronger.
I'm only a man with a candle to guide me.
I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me.
A monster, a monster.
I've turned into a monster.
A monster, a monster.
And it keeps getting stronger."
Once I was done singing, I sensed someone was watching me.
I looked up to see someone a couple of feet away.
I could see the person, clapping, but soon they stopped.
"Alita? I thought I heard someone on my early morning jog." I heard a female voice say.
When I saw that it was Evelyn (Gab), I smiled not feeling as tense as before.
"Good to see that you and Sean are okay." I said smiling.
"You too. Saw you and the group come in. Sean told me about how you and the others got out of the Sanctuary." She tells me.
I nodded knowing what everyone had said, since they had time to talk to each other.
"Gab or Evelyn... I've been thinking for a bit. Can I ask you something?" I asked Evelyn (Gab) and she nods, telling me to keep going.
But the look I have says it all...
"Alright you do what you gotta do. The full moon is out anyway. I'll cover for you if you're not back when the sun is completely up." She tells me, I smiled at her.
"Thank you, Gab." I said getting up, my eyes turning silver as I got to the gates.
Evelyn (Gab) nodded at the two guards there to let me out.
Don't worry guys I'll be back...
"By the way Alita." Evelyn (Gab) said as I looked back at her for a moment.
"You're not a monster, you never were. Anyone who ever knew you well enough will tell you that." Evelyn (Gab) tells me.
I gave her a small smile and nod. Yet I could also feel another presence watching us other then the guards and Gab.
Soon I went into the woods, transforming into a black wolf...